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from detroit, to fix. back with me are author charlie leduff and jamele hill. also, peter goodman, executive business editor of the huffington post and lisa cook, assistant professor of economics and international relations at michigan state university. previously she served on the president's, president obama's, council of economic advisors. all right. this is a complicated question and as we have just been talking about, it's the microcosm of our big piece. what do we need to learn economically as we go into so-called save detroit? >> i think we've got to look at it that this is not like a charity case. this is not that we're pitying the city that's been struggling. if detroit doesn't work, america's not working, because as you correctly say, what detroit's dealing with is emblematic of what america is dealing with. we've had manufacturing jobs that sustained people at middle class wages for generations, those jobs are gone. we haven't figured out how to replace those jobs. we haven't tended to the basic
from detroit, to fix. back with me are author charlie leduff and jamele hill. also, peter goodman, executive business editor of the huffington post and lisa cook, assistant professor of economics and international relations at michigan state university. previously she served on the president's, president obama's, council of economic advisors. all right. this is a complicated question and as we have just been talking about, it's the microcosm of our big piece. what do we need to learn...
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they made this decision when they realized the only way to get detroit's finances into order was to go into bankruptcy. so that's one issue. i think in a sense that's fundamentally different from what we're talking about right here. >> lets go back to the big question here, this period reminds me of the end of reconstruction in the south when we started to see black codes and anti-voting measures, boldly in response to the advances around racial justice post civil war. this is a similar type of period we're in. when we talk about the death of the republican party, i don't see that at all. >> hold on one second. i think north carolina is the prototypical. they are enacting the world they want to see. >> discussions in the mainstream media is gop reaching out to new constituencies, are they the party of white people. these aren't theoretical questions. look at north carolina, passed every possible extreme policy, gerry mannedered it for political power. after they passed gerrymandering, political parties they tried to make it harder for all their political apoints to vote. it goes well b
they made this decision when they realized the only way to get detroit's finances into order was to go into bankruptcy. so that's one issue. i think in a sense that's fundamentally different from what we're talking about right here. >> lets go back to the big question here, this period reminds me of the end of reconstruction in the south when we started to see black codes and anti-voting measures, boldly in response to the advances around racial justice post civil war. this is a similar...
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so shortly, she leaves the south, and ends up spending most of her adult time in detroit. >> right. more than half of her political life is spent in detroit in what she called the promised land that wasn't. she very much finds race nichl detroit when they moved there, and they moved there eight months after the boycott ends, and they have lost their jobs, and they are still getting death threats so many ways, they are exiled and forced to leave montgomery for detroit where her brother live, and she does not find too much difference between race relations in montgomery and detroit. so just as she did in montgomery, she is setting out to challenge racial inequality in schools, jobs, and housing in detroit. >> well, it is interesting, jeanne, because as i read the introduction, we would think that this should be the third or the fourth or the tenth volume on parks, but in fact, she has been reduced to kind of a stories' children and this tired seamstress who just didn't get up, but she had a long trajectory before that moment on the bus and not just after it. >> absolutely. absolutely.
so shortly, she leaves the south, and ends up spending most of her adult time in detroit. >> right. more than half of her political life is spent in detroit in what she called the promised land that wasn't. she very much finds race nichl detroit when they moved there, and they moved there eight months after the boycott ends, and they have lost their jobs, and they are still getting death threats so many ways, they are exiled and forced to leave montgomery for detroit where her brother...
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. >> detroit! >> okay, but, listen, daniel, we're going to stay on exactly these issues. coming up in about two weeks, i'll do my student town hall. we'll have some young people from philadelphia. thank you for your continued reporting. and when it comes to politics, this may be an off year for elections, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a very well-orchestrated and very loud campaign going on. what all the yelling is about, next. [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe your financial advisor should focus on your long-term goals, not their short-term agenda. [ woman ] if you have the nerve to believe that cookie cutters should be for cookies, not your investment strategy. if you believe in the sheer brilliance of a simple explanation. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do: face time and think time make a difference. join us. [ male announcer ] at edward jones, it's how we make sense of investing. jron: i'm sorry, who are you?nt awe all like?es, jc: i'm your coworker! c'mon guys, i'm driving. hey, you guys comfortable? it'
. >> detroit! >> okay, but, listen, daniel, we're going to stay on exactly these issues. coming up in about two weeks, i'll do my student town hall. we'll have some young people from philadelphia. thank you for your continued reporting. and when it comes to politics, this may be an off year for elections, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a very well-orchestrated and very loud campaign going on. what all the yelling is about, next. [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe...
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not just new orleans but chicago, detroit, a lot of cities that have this gun violence problem. >> the bottom line is we do have ensure we're working with our police department, but we also have to understand that this is truly a public health issue. we have to get to the issues of trauma that's in our community, our health disparities that are real, poverty, lack of economic opportunities, low performing schools. all these things have an impact. what's going on in our households, making sure social services hitting the home. mental health services. there are disparities there, they are real. they have impact. we're seeing them on the ground. >> this is long and short-term. you change policing strategies but does feel like in order to change patterns of violence you need longer term. >> it's longer term. we have to dispel this notion of instant gratification. it's not going to happen. cdc release add report in '79 saying, america, hey, we're in a crisis here of gun violence. it is public health. this is the issue. so new orleans in teaming up with the police department, all our agencie
not just new orleans but chicago, detroit, a lot of cities that have this gun violence problem. >> the bottom line is we do have ensure we're working with our police department, but we also have to understand that this is truly a public health issue. we have to get to the issues of trauma that's in our community, our health disparities that are real, poverty, lack of economic opportunities, low performing schools. all these things have an impact. what's going on in our households, making...
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is it what you expect from detroit? is it new? is it a failure to answer the question of what it means to be human? >> i think every atrocity in detroit -- and there are a lot of them -- helps us to see that in every situation there is both danger and opportunity. what's been wonderful about detroit is that people have seen the crises and the devastation and used it to create something new, to create a new positive. they don't only succumb to the negative. >> i want to play very briefly a moment in the film where you say you feel sorry for people who don't live in detroit. let's watch for just one moment. >> i feel so sorry for people who are not living in detroit. detroit gives a sense of epox of civilization in a way that you don't get in a city like new york. it's obvious in looking at it that what was doesn't work. people always strive for size, to be a giant. this is a symbol of all giants fall. >> there is a devastation of broken glass and concrete and to see this, actually it's a death of something and hope of the birth of
is it what you expect from detroit? is it new? is it a failure to answer the question of what it means to be human? >> i think every atrocity in detroit -- and there are a lot of them -- helps us to see that in every situation there is both danger and opportunity. what's been wonderful about detroit is that people have seen the crises and the devastation and used it to create something new, to create a new positive. they don't only succumb to the negative. >> i want to play very...
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detroit police officers stopped people perceived to be homeless in tourist area of greektown in detroit. they forced them into vans, took them for a ride and deserted them miles away. the sad truth, detroit isn't the only city that treats the homeless this way. joining me now from detroit is michael steinberg, legal director of the aclu. nice to have you, michael. >> thank you, melissa. >> tell me, what does your investigation show that the police were doing to folks who are experiencing homelessness in detroit? >> essentially what the police were doing were kidnapping individuals off the streets of tourist friendly areas of detroit, putting them in handcuffs, throwing them in the back of a wagon or police car and transporting them either outside the city or to deserted parts of the city and abandoning them. they then tell the individuals that they weren't welcome back to greektown or other tourist friendly areas. sometimes they'd make it difficult for them to return by making them throw their money down a storm drain. the problem, of course, is that the lifeline for many of these indiv
detroit police officers stopped people perceived to be homeless in tourist area of greektown in detroit. they forced them into vans, took them for a ride and deserted them miles away. the sad truth, detroit isn't the only city that treats the homeless this way. joining me now from detroit is michael steinberg, legal director of the aclu. nice to have you, michael. >> thank you, melissa. >> tell me, what does your investigation show that the police were doing to folks who are...
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democracy is at stake here in detroit. our voting rights are at stake here in detroit. there are many across the state of michigan who wish to take the city of detroit and sell off its assets. i was watching your program earlier today. you outlined the problems that detroit has. that are national problems. that's unemployment. that's the housing crisis. these are the reasons we are facing the fiscal crisis we are facing. if we allow this to happen in detroit, which we are going to fight this all the way, michael nutter in philadelphia will be next. atlanta will be next. this will be spread like wildfire. >> exactly that. when you point out the other cities and the other mayors and elected officials, we talked a lot in 2012 about voter suppression. this is the ultimate voter suppression, right? the person making all the decisions is in no way accountable to voters. >> absolutely. i don't have a mayor who i can go to and say my street light is out, my garbage is not being picked up. the park is not clean. i cannot go to my city councilman and say my street needs to be cle
democracy is at stake here in detroit. our voting rights are at stake here in detroit. there are many across the state of michigan who wish to take the city of detroit and sell off its assets. i was watching your program earlier today. you outlined the problems that detroit has. that are national problems. that's unemployment. that's the housing crisis. these are the reasons we are facing the fiscal crisis we are facing. if we allow this to happen in detroit, which we are going to fight this...
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the big march in detroit, the week later. of course, the birmingham monday less than a month later. then kennedy. there was a season of tumultuous uprising in our country and a lot of bloodshed along the way and a lot of fear. >> and that issue of where the vines was coming from and who should fear the violence. i'll talk to you for a moment. i have something i would like us to listen to. on meet the press, roy wilkins being asked about the likelihood that it would be marchers who would riot. let's take a listen. >> mr. wilkins, there are a great many people, as i'm sure you know, that believe it would be impossible to bring more than 100,000 militant negroes into washington without incidence and possibly riot. >> i don't think there will be any rioting. i don't think a hundred thousand people, just assembling, is cause for apprehension about a riot. the city of washington has accommodated much larger crowds and nobody has talked up in advance the possibility of violence. >> so as you just pointed out, all of the violence up to this moment had been against demonstrators, against civ
the big march in detroit, the week later. of course, the birmingham monday less than a month later. then kennedy. there was a season of tumultuous uprising in our country and a lot of bloodshed along the way and a lot of fear. >> and that issue of where the vines was coming from and who should fear the violence. i'll talk to you for a moment. i have something i would like us to listen to. on meet the press, roy wilkins being asked about the likelihood that it would be marchers who would...
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on the flip side detroit, michigan, 80% black and only black mayors since 1974, both boston and detroit could be on the verge of a big change. this week detroit certified the results of its mayoral primary. the winner write-in candidate mike duggan who heads in to become the first white mayor. in boston, the mayor told "the new york times" if he were the mayor of detroit he'd blow up the place and start all over, a comment that has drawn shame from the current mayor. in boston right now since of the 12 contenders to replace the retiring mayor are people of color. there's been outcry about an announced nonwhites only candidates foreign scheduled for tuesday. of course here in new york city we've seen big victories in the last month for civil rights in the court where stop and frisk was ruled unconstitutional and city council which overruled mayor bloomberg's veto of the law adding protections against police profiling. not a surprise that the so-called bill de blasio surged to lead over christine quinn and bill thompson leading up to tuesday's democratic primary. joining us are allentown
on the flip side detroit, michigan, 80% black and only black mayors since 1974, both boston and detroit could be on the verge of a big change. this week detroit certified the results of its mayoral primary. the winner write-in candidate mike duggan who heads in to become the first white mayor. in boston, the mayor told "the new york times" if he were the mayor of detroit he'd blow up the place and start all over, a comment that has drawn shame from the current mayor. in boston right...
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it must be detroit. and a lot of people thought that this white house had moved on from the issue of trayvon martin, because, remember, he did release a paper statement last week. he called for national calm in the wake of this verdict, which, by the way, both in his written statement and in his remarks yesterday, he said that the nation should respect the verdict and said that the judge had handled the case professionally. but i think you're absolutely right. the fact that he started speaking about trayvon martin, no one saw it coming. and it really allowed the nation to focus, i think, on his words and to really listen to what he was saying. i think it was a message to the african-american community, but really to all americans, to say, you know, this reaction that we are seeing comes within an historic context, that we need to remember. it is not going away. and that was sort of the power of his remarks. and also his call to action moving forward, in terms of restarting a national conversation about r
it must be detroit. and a lot of people thought that this white house had moved on from the issue of trayvon martin, because, remember, he did release a paper statement last week. he called for national calm in the wake of this verdict, which, by the way, both in his written statement and in his remarks yesterday, he said that the nation should respect the verdict and said that the judge had handled the case professionally. but i think you're absolutely right. the fact that he started speaking...
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. >> or detroit where you can still pick up a house for $10,000. but then you're not in -- as you point out, people make housing choices on schools, economic opportunities, jobs. >> let me ask you this. when we looked at the disparities in subprime loans, 2006, 30% of these loans went to women. much likely men to get subprime mortgages. even high-in come african-american borrowers were likely to get subprime mortgages than white borrowers. was that about being a bad decisionmakers, women aren't good with their money or are we seeing targeted behaviors and those behaviors are still unaddressed? >> additionally these lenders targeted elderly african-american women with high equity in their homes. when they perfected this whole process of scamming people out of their equity, they rolled it out to communities of color, primarily african-american communities, because they didn't have enough people who spoke spanish to hit that community. they hit the spanish community later. but it was a targeted theft of equity in homes. to get that equity they used th
. >> or detroit where you can still pick up a house for $10,000. but then you're not in -- as you point out, people make housing choices on schools, economic opportunities, jobs. >> let me ask you this. when we looked at the disparities in subprime loans, 2006, 30% of these loans went to women. much likely men to get subprime mortgages. even high-in come african-american borrowers were likely to get subprime mortgages than white borrowers. was that about being a bad decisionmakers,...
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i'm a southerner, and i get gun culture, and yet, here you are the mayor of chapel hill and not detroit and not chicago and not even new orleans where we think of this gun violence issue as central, and yet, you are saying this matters to us in the south in a relatively safe community, and yet guns matter to you as a mayor. >> absolutely. arguably the most important job that a major has is to protect the health and the wealth and the safety of the citizens. five or six weeks ago, i am sure that the mayor of newtown would have said to anyone, this is the last place in america that a tragedy like that could have occurred, and we said that about ourselves in chapel hill. a decade and a half ago has pass ed since we had a mentally ill man walk down franklin street shooting and killing people. the last place in america is our town. it is everyone's hometown. the scourge of gun violence certainly affects the cities that you have mentioned and the mayors are responding, i believe, very bravely and strongly, but it is our town, too. there isn't a place that is relatively safe or immune from the
i'm a southerner, and i get gun culture, and yet, here you are the mayor of chapel hill and not detroit and not chicago and not even new orleans where we think of this gun violence issue as central, and yet, you are saying this matters to us in the south in a relatively safe community, and yet guns matter to you as a mayor. >> absolutely. arguably the most important job that a major has is to protect the health and the wealth and the safety of the citizens. five or six weeks ago, i am...
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they left and went to chicago and detroit and other places. they break down communities. it's a massive nature of the destruction on it. and quickly i want to say they characterize this as the black farmers case because that's a highly charged racial term. but it's really five different cases. it's a women's case, a hispanics cases, a native american case and two african-american case. the second pickford case. it's interesting to know that the united states congress now passed a law authorizing this. then it passed a law aappropriate rating the the money. in that it required multiple kinds of audit. there are layers and layers to make sure the fraud is not wiped out then held to a minimum. when they say black it colors the whole thing. >> the state senator's point to me feels like precisely what was going on at least in the tone of this article, which was the sense it wants you to have black farmers. you have this black president under whom it all happens and the language of the speck et and the american government. so i appreciate it's hard to farm without government he
they left and went to chicago and detroit and other places. they break down communities. it's a massive nature of the destruction on it. and quickly i want to say they characterize this as the black farmers case because that's a highly charged racial term. but it's really five different cases. it's a women's case, a hispanics cases, a native american case and two african-american case. the second pickford case. it's interesting to know that the united states congress now passed a law...
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. >>> and a new documentary on detroit. it went from the mecca city to the city of despair. >>> and i'm talking with the nbc reporter who sat right across from her and talked about what it was like sitting in the same room with her asking some tough questions. and then in office politics, i talk to joy ann reid. don't go anywhere. i'll be right back. give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networking and communications management -- the things that our students need to know in the world today. our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering $4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified new students. learn more at devry.edu. for qualified new students. nehey!r! [squeals] ♪ [ewh!] [baby crying] the great thing about a subaru is you don't have to put up with that new car smell for long. introducing the versatile, all-
. >>> and a new documentary on detroit. it went from the mecca city to the city of despair. >>> and i'm talking with the nbc reporter who sat right across from her and talked about what it was like sitting in the same room with her asking some tough questions. and then in office politics, i talk to joy ann reid. don't go anywhere. i'll be right back. give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer...
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how is a lower minimum wage bad for detroit? >> it's not a new idea. it's a new twist on an old idea. jack kent had enterprise zones, bill clinton had empowerment zones. this is a new twist on an old idea. >> stick with me. we'll stay on this question of the old ideas and new ideas and whether we are a better country than this. up next, the movement demanding better jobs is growing exponentially even as the unemployment numbers are falling dramatically. we'll talk more with amy about the fast food workers debates. [ mom ] because we have people over so often, we've learned how to stretch our party budget. ♪ the only downer? my bargain brand towel made a mess of things. so goodbye so-called bargain brands, hello bounty basic. the affordably priced towel that's an actual bargain. watch how one select-a-size sheet of bounty basic is 50% stronger than a full sheet of the bargain brand. it takes a strong towel to stretch a budget. bounty basic. the strong but affordable picker upper. and try charmin basic. in the nation, what's precious to you is precious
how is a lower minimum wage bad for detroit? >> it's not a new idea. it's a new twist on an old idea. jack kent had enterprise zones, bill clinton had empowerment zones. this is a new twist on an old idea. >> stick with me. we'll stay on this question of the old ideas and new ideas and whether we are a better country than this. up next, the movement demanding better jobs is growing exponentially even as the unemployment numbers are falling dramatically. we'll talk more with amy...
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this development, you know, i covered the michigan legislator for three years when i worked for the "detroit free press" back in the '70s. if you had brought up this bill in the 70s i assure you it would have gotten zero to one vote. >> fascinating. >> it's a big change. >> in those 40 years actually now become easier to pass. jessica valenti, nancy giles and david kay johnston turning murdoch into a verb. thank you. up next, a little christmastime controversy that i'm going to take just a moment to weigh in on. it's my letter after the break. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain... ♪ ready or not. [ female announcer ] ...so you can be up there. here i come! [ female announcer ] ...down there, around there... and under there for him. tylenol® provides strong pain relief and won't irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. ♪ but for♪ i know they say, wyou can't go home again ♪e. ♪ ♪ i just had to come back one last time ♪ ♪ ♪ you leave home, you move on [ squeals ] ♪ and you do the b
this development, you know, i covered the michigan legislator for three years when i worked for the "detroit free press" back in the '70s. if you had brought up this bill in the 70s i assure you it would have gotten zero to one vote. >> fascinating. >> it's a big change. >> in those 40 years actually now become easier to pass. jessica valenti, nancy giles and david kay johnston turning murdoch into a verb. thank you. up next, a little christmastime controversy that...
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joining me now, live from detroit, is dr. herb smitherman, assistant dean of community and urban health at wayne state university school of medicine. also with me, igor wolski, of thinkprogress.org, professor of politics, amaney jamal, law professor, david cay johnston, and democratic strategist, tara dowdel. i want to start with you, dr. smitherman. why do so many people still not know that obama care is law or have any idea what it does? >> well, you know, when it was first enacted, they spent a year, the republicans spent a year fighting the legislation. since then, you know, between its enactment in 2010 and its full implementation in 2014, there have been 40 attempts to repeal it in the house. most of the states are refusing to either launch the exchanges, so the feds have to step in, or refusing to expand medicaid. so there have been just a lot of misinformation and confusion over the last four years, including just significant opposition to the law. and all this misinformation is confusing the public. and in addition t
joining me now, live from detroit, is dr. herb smitherman, assistant dean of community and urban health at wayne state university school of medicine. also with me, igor wolski, of thinkprogress.org, professor of politics, amaney jamal, law professor, david cay johnston, and democratic strategist, tara dowdel. i want to start with you, dr. smitherman. why do so many people still not know that obama care is law or have any idea what it does? >> well, you know, when it was first enacted,...
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this isn't even meunique to o detroit. many companies are still recouping those handouts. yes, we are facing an internal national threat from greedy welfare queen. the corporate welfare queen who are hollowing out our cities and leaving all of us poor. with me today is ansi butler, from the university of pennsylvania. labor organizer, steven learner with the wall street accountability campaign and justice for janitors. vicor, senior contributor at the street.com and greg kaufman contributor to the nation magazine. he writes this week in poverty as a column. >> based on what i've sid, are the incentives for -- >> the answer is obvious. it's no. the way to think about this, a giant extortion racket which is the richest and most powerful companies have this hold over our heads, which is jobs. they say to some poor mayor, we're going to give you jobs if you just give us a break. target just did it up in brooklyn, minnesota. they said we are going to create all these jobs if you give us $2.4 million in cash and $20 million in abatement. then they don't get it. they say if you t
this isn't even meunique to o detroit. many companies are still recouping those handouts. yes, we are facing an internal national threat from greedy welfare queen. the corporate welfare queen who are hollowing out our cities and leaving all of us poor. with me today is ansi butler, from the university of pennsylvania. labor organizer, steven learner with the wall street accountability campaign and justice for janitors. vicor, senior contributor at the street.com and greg kaufman contributor to...
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on tuesday, detroit will move one more step toward bankruptcy. what price should the city pay to get rid of its massive debt? >>> they're known as weapons of war, but why do some people say drone deliveries could prove to be a danger of all of us as well? >>> hey there, everyone. welcome. it's high noon here in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. we welcome you to "weekends with alex witt." we begin with the deadly winter storm gripping much of the nation. a second arctic blast is making its way across the country. snow it already falling in the nation's capital. we have a picture there of the white house. certainly beautiful, but it can be a mess. along with the snow and freezing rain, millions are bracing for more power outages and more dangerous
on tuesday, detroit will move one more step toward bankruptcy. what price should the city pay to get rid of its massive debt? >>> they're known as weapons of war, but why do some people say drone deliveries could prove to be a danger of all of us as well? >>> hey there, everyone. welcome. it's high noon here in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. we welcome you to "weekends with alex witt." we begin with the deadly winter storm gripping much of the nation. a second arctic...
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king, we think about chicago and detroit and philadelphia and other cities. and police in those cities went from being, you know, carrying one sidearm and being officer friendly to having the riot gear and being really sort of military occupying forces in these communities. can we start to dig out from under this in any way? >> yes. there is good news. in connecticut, i had the privilege of working for several years with latino residents who had pulled back their sleeves to show me their scars at the hands of local police officers who were harassing, profiling, and brutalizing this community. they joined with lawyers and with faith leaders to march into the streets to tell their stories to the public. they caught the attention of the u.s. department of justice. and just this month the officers who were responsible for the most violent crimes were put on trial and were convicted. it's possible if people put their feet on the ground atz they did in selma, you know, 50 years ago to effect change. >> i want to ask mr. o'donnell about this point of holding account
king, we think about chicago and detroit and philadelphia and other cities. and police in those cities went from being, you know, carrying one sidearm and being officer friendly to having the riot gear and being really sort of military occupying forces in these communities. can we start to dig out from under this in any way? >> yes. there is good news. in connecticut, i had the privilege of working for several years with latino residents who had pulled back their sleeves to show me their...
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at least six people were shot to death between december 14th and the end of the year in detroit. a city in which 2012 was one of the deadliest in deck kalds. 12 people before december 14th and the new year were shot and killed in chicago. in 2013, our national crisis with gun violence seems on pace to continue. on the very first day of the new year, it was at 12:30 a.m. eastern in philadelphia, pennsylvania, we lost a 17-year-old boy. at 1:00 a.m., in trenton, new jersey, a 54-year-old man. 2:00 a.m. in north carolina a man. a charlotte, north carolina a 19-year-old man. at 2:00 a.m., in lansing, michigan a man in his 20s. at 2:48 a.m. in cleveland, ohio, we lost a man whose age we don't know. at 3:00 a.m., mountain time in colorado, we lost a man whose age we do not know. at 4:16 a.m. central in chicago, illinois, we lost a 20-year-old man. at 5:30 a.m. in indianapolis, indiana, we lost a man in his 50s. we lost them all to gun violence. before most of the country was awake on new year's day. then just yesterday, four people, two men, one woman and the gunman who held them hosta
at least six people were shot to death between december 14th and the end of the year in detroit. a city in which 2012 was one of the deadliest in deck kalds. 12 people before december 14th and the new year were shot and killed in chicago. in 2013, our national crisis with gun violence seems on pace to continue. on the very first day of the new year, it was at 12:30 a.m. eastern in philadelphia, pennsylvania, we lost a 17-year-old boy. at 1:00 a.m., in trenton, new jersey, a 54-year-old man....
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louis detroit and last wednesday milwaukee have seen fast food workers walk out on the job in protest of their wages and inability to unionize. that protest in milwaukee this past week drew between 150 and 200 workers. according to estimates by the strikers organizing. that's a little bit less than the original strike here in new york drew back in november. but it was 400 or so fast food workers that walked out in the detroit metro area strike earlier this month. $15 an hour as a wage floor is what the protesters are seeking. the minimum wage they're being paid now starts as low as the national rate of $7.25 per hour. it's the same as it was in 2010 when the median food and beverage worker made $18,130 per year. that means if you're the sole earner in a family of three, you would have been at the federal poverty line in 2010, precisely at it. let's say hur lucky enough to work 40 hours a week. today at minimum wage in one of these restaurants that's only $15,080 perfect year. if you're one of those workers in -- the annual income would bump up to $18,720. increasing wages to what the
louis detroit and last wednesday milwaukee have seen fast food workers walk out on the job in protest of their wages and inability to unionize. that protest in milwaukee this past week drew between 150 and 200 workers. according to estimates by the strikers organizing. that's a little bit less than the original strike here in new york drew back in november. but it was 400 or so fast food workers that walked out in the detroit metro area strike earlier this month. $15 an hour as a wage floor is...
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riots or even the detroit riot in the 1967. think here of the tulsa race riot of 1921, when a mob of armed white men charged into a black neighborhood, left an estimated 300 people dead and 8,000 homeless. or think of the rosewood riot of 1923, in which hundreds of angry white rioters killed an unknown number of black victims and left the town destroyed. the actual history is that the majority of perpetrators of race riots in this country have not been black on white, but rather, white on black. so when there's fearmongering of race riots over a possible acquittal in george zimmerman's trial, it reinforces what he is alleged to have done, profile trayvon martin. you see, it misses the most important point of all, that, in fact, protest does matter in a democracy. the fact is that george zimmerman might not even be on trial if there had not been initial protests from the million hoodie march in the streets of new york city, to the 3,000 miles away in los angeles, where everyday people gathered to show their desire for some kind
riots or even the detroit riot in the 1967. think here of the tulsa race riot of 1921, when a mob of armed white men charged into a black neighborhood, left an estimated 300 people dead and 8,000 homeless. or think of the rosewood riot of 1923, in which hundreds of angry white rioters killed an unknown number of black victims and left the town destroyed. the actual history is that the majority of perpetrators of race riots in this country have not been black on white, but rather, white on...
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. >>> how can cities on the brink use detroit to save themselves? it's fascinating look at what's happen ng the motor city. aisle talk with a time magazine reporter. >>> edward snowden's father with a new appeal to u.s. government. >>> forbes magazine with the list of the best colleges. why some schools are completely off the list? i'll be back. the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. [poof!] [clicks mouse] there's doughnuts in the conference room. there's doughnuts in the conference room. automatic discounts the moment you sign up. >>> a new push for the middle class. more this morning from president obama on trying to even the economic playing field. we have a live report from the white house. >>> the spectacular and deadly train crash. new word on how officials are putting more focus on the dr.
. >>> how can cities on the brink use detroit to save themselves? it's fascinating look at what's happen ng the motor city. aisle talk with a time magazine reporter. >>> edward snowden's father with a new appeal to u.s. government. >>> forbes magazine with the list of the best colleges. why some schools are completely off the list? i'll be back. the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always...
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detroit prosecutor kim worthy found more than 11,000 untested rape kits in a warehouse in 2009. since then, 600 kits that have been tested and prosecutors have discovered evidence in 21 -- of 21 serial rapists. rosa picket actually lived this nightmare in the small, predominantly black and overwhelmingly poor town of robbins, illinois. she came forward with her story after the cook county sheriff's office discovered that more than 200 rape kits had been collected in robbins since the mid-'70s that were never used to solve crimes. rosa was raped 36 years ago. her rape kit was lost and never been found. her attacker, never apprehended. now she's working to make sure that other survivors get the justice that she never did. and joining us from chicago is the chief of policy and communications in the cook county sheriff's office, cara smith, and the brave sexual assault survivor, whose story i just shared, rosa pickett, thank you both for joining me. >> good morning, thank you. >> good morning. >> and cara, i want to start with you and ask why it was so important to the sheriff's off
detroit prosecutor kim worthy found more than 11,000 untested rape kits in a warehouse in 2009. since then, 600 kits that have been tested and prosecutors have discovered evidence in 21 -- of 21 serial rapists. rosa picket actually lived this nightmare in the small, predominantly black and overwhelmingly poor town of robbins, illinois. she came forward with her story after the cook county sheriff's office discovered that more than 200 rape kits had been collected in robbins since the mid-'70s...
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the panic over black people with guns mag fied in cities like detroit in the shooting deaths of bobby kennedy revoked a policy response from the government. president lyndon b. johnson signed the gun control act of 1968. >> we have come here to sign the most comprehensive gun control law ever signed in this nation's history. >> as we await tuesday for vice president biden's recommendations, the president's respond and the outcry from either or both sides, we are well served to keep in mind in recent history, there's no clear liberal or consensus on gun policy. our freedoms, cherished as they are must be balanced by civic responsibilities. at the table today, dan gross, tracy meres, law professor at yale university. thanks to all of you for being here. >> thank you. >> i want to start with you in part because i tell this story, a story that i think has been lost even though it's recent history. i worry as we enter into the new conversation about guns and the possibility of getting common sense gun legislation that we will miss this has not always been a partisan issue and hasn't been i
the panic over black people with guns mag fied in cities like detroit in the shooting deaths of bobby kennedy revoked a policy response from the government. president lyndon b. johnson signed the gun control act of 1968. >> we have come here to sign the most comprehensive gun control law ever signed in this nation's history. >> as we await tuesday for vice president biden's recommendations, the president's respond and the outcry from either or both sides, we are well served to keep...
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renisha was a 19-year-old young girl from detroit, michigan, graduating from high school. she'd just been hired to work at ford motor company. around 1:00 a.m. last saturday, she got into a car accident, and some time around 3:40 a.m., found herself on the doorstep of a stranger in dear heights. it's still unclear what happened between that moment and the moment that renisha died. but what is certain is that the person who answered the door shot her in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun. the shooter, a 54-year-old white man who remains unnamed, who lives alone and told the police that he thought someone was trying to break into his home and that his gun discharged accidentally. his attorneys say that shooting was justified and that he was, quote, in fear for his life. so far, no charges have been filed, no arrests have been made. a warrant requested on wednesday by the dearborn heights police was returned by the wayne county prosecutor, who called for further investigation before the warrant could be issued. i want to be here talking about renisha mcbride, i want her to be a
renisha was a 19-year-old young girl from detroit, michigan, graduating from high school. she'd just been hired to work at ford motor company. around 1:00 a.m. last saturday, she got into a car accident, and some time around 3:40 a.m., found herself on the doorstep of a stranger in dear heights. it's still unclear what happened between that moment and the moment that renisha died. but what is certain is that the person who answered the door shot her in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun. the...
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if you take away chicago, if you take away detroit, you take away new orleans, and you take away washington, d.c.. >> or not. i mean, why bottom to do the difficult work of tackling the social economic, social inequities that make these cities fertile the ground for violence, we can just get rid of the cities altogether. and according to e.w. jackson, or as i like to call him, eww, america doesn't need to change, because it's a place whose perfection comes secondly only to the messiah himself. >> i love this country! i believe in it! it's been the greatest blessing given to mankind, other than jesus himself. >> the values voter summit team, a razzle-dazzle rockets, certainly gave their audience their money's worth, but they weren't the only ones who got caught up in the act. because we all just spent the last week watching as that whacky fringe of the republican party hijacked the country, shut down the u.s. government. so, somehow, while we were all bedazzled by the spectacle, the side show managed to become the main event. with me in the studio this morning, reverend paul raushenbush, sen
if you take away chicago, if you take away detroit, you take away new orleans, and you take away washington, d.c.. >> or not. i mean, why bottom to do the difficult work of tackling the social economic, social inequities that make these cities fertile the ground for violence, we can just get rid of the cities altogether. and according to e.w. jackson, or as i like to call him, eww, america doesn't need to change, because it's a place whose perfection comes secondly only to the messiah...
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renisha mcbride, the 19-year-old young woman who was shot to death on a porch in the suburbs outside of detroit. when she was simply seeking help from the homeowner after a car accident. at that time, no one had been charged or arrested in the shooting, but all that changed on friday when 54-year-old dearborn heights resident, theodore paul wafer, turned himself in and was arraigned on three charges, the most serious of which is murder in the second degree. he told police that his shotgun went off by accident and that they believed that mcbride was trying to break into his home. the remaining details of exactly what happened that morning have yet to be released. but as we've been talking about here today, there is a kind of fear and loathing of black bodies, and i'm wondering, and i want to ask the folks at my table whether or not that fear and loathing of black bodies, sometimes we don't think about in connection with black women, but if renisha mcbride's story makes us ask, if it's not just our sons, our trayvons who are vulnerable, but potentially, also, our daughters, our renishas. >> sure.
renisha mcbride, the 19-year-old young woman who was shot to death on a porch in the suburbs outside of detroit. when she was simply seeking help from the homeowner after a car accident. at that time, no one had been charged or arrested in the shooting, but all that changed on friday when 54-year-old dearborn heights resident, theodore paul wafer, turned himself in and was arraigned on three charges, the most serious of which is murder in the second degree. he told police that his shotgun went...
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so when we're talking about chicago, talking about detroit, we're talking about these young black men in the streets killing one another, why are we not talking about that as suicidal? >> and at every turn you know that you do not matter on this planet. >> yeah. >> you don't matter. >> when your congress votes in ways that make you feel as though you don't matter, it's not just paranoia, it's policy. michael denzel smith and terry williams, thanks for being here. more still to come because i've got an interview with massachusetts governor deval patrick and his daughter, katherine. so much fun for me. >>> first, the man who was leading the fight to leave millions of americans hungry. i got a letter. have a seat. thank you orville and wilbur... ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we
so when we're talking about chicago, talking about detroit, we're talking about these young black men in the streets killing one another, why are we not talking about that as suicidal? >> and at every turn you know that you do not matter on this planet. >> yeah. >> you don't matter. >> when your congress votes in ways that make you feel as though you don't matter, it's not just paranoia, it's policy. michael denzel smith and terry williams, thanks for being here. more...